Noir Volume 1: The Mohawk Templar

author: Victor Gischler

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.18

book published: 2014

rating: 3

read at: 2014/08/16

date added: 2014/08/16

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Noir Volume 1: The Mohawk Templar' is not so much noir as old school serial adventure. That's not bad, but it does make the title perhaps a bit misleading.



The Black Sparrow is hired to steal the Moon Stone from a New York museum, but decides to sell it to a higher bidder. To get herself out of a problem, she enlists her rival, The Shadow, to help her figure things out. He only shows for the first bit of the adventure, but the Black Sparrow is then joined by the mysterious Miss Fury. Can these two solve the mystery and come out unscathed?



And it's a doozy of a mystery, involving Native Americans and Templars. There are bad guys with strange strength and a cave full of traps that would make Indiana Jones cringe. There are double crosses and derring do. Hence my contention that the title is wrong. This is good fun, but the setting seems to take it away from noir. At least for me.



The book concludes with a script of the first issue, some character sketches and a cover gallery. Story by Victor Gischler is good and so is art by Andrea Mutti. I liked these two characters and would like to see more of their adventures.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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